In Greek mythology, who was created as the first woman and received the famous jar later called Pandora’s box?

In Greek mythology, Pandora was created as the first woman and received the famous jar later called Pandora’s box.

Hesiod presents Pandora in his poems Theogony and Works and Days. Zeus ordered her creation after Prometheus gave fire to humanity, making her part of a divine punishment directed at humankind. Several gods contributed gifts or abilities to her, which is connected to the meaning of her name.

The familiar English phrase “Pandora’s box” is historically imprecise. Hesiod described a large storage jar, not a small box. Pandora herself is also sometimes confused with Eve because both figures are portrayed in later traditions as the first woman associated with humanity’s troubles, but they belong to different religious and literary traditions.